Top Headlines

Doyle McManus: A no-fly zone in Libya is a war cry

A no-fly zone in Libya is a war cry

By Doyle McManus

Imposing a no-fly zone is an act of war, and we're already at war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Working with Mexico

Editorial: Thursday's meeting in Washington provides a much-needed opportunity for President Obama and Mexican President Calderon to get bilateral relations back on track.

A feeding frenzy

By Meghan Daum

It's natural to resist change, but the astonishingly ugly attacks from the GOP and the 'tea party' on Michelle Obama's anti-obesity effort lack any logic, reflecting our deeply divisive political times.

 
Energy: Jimmy Carter, a president for our time

Energy: Jimmy Carter, a president for our time
Reforming healthcare reform

Reforming healthcare reform
Movie math

Did you watch the Oscars on Sunday? Did that look like a crowd in need of a government subsidy?

Debate & Discord

Reader opinion: Debating DOMA

Reader opinion: Debating DOMA

Economy: Should the U.S. sell off assets to close the budget gap?

Measure L: Arguments for and against directing more money to libraries

Is there room for Hipstamatic in photojournalism?

Editorials

Reforming healthcare reform

Reforming healthcare reform

President Obama has thrown his support behind a bill to let states opt out of key features of the healthcare reform law before they take...

Fence-in the mayor

Fence-in the mayor

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to build a 6-foot-high fence in front of his official residence, Getty House. To do so, he needs a variance...

Battling over bone marrow

Battling over bone marrow

Federal law prohibits payment to people who donate organs, such as kidneys, other than to compensate them for travel and other related...

The cheating charter

The cheating charter

The Los Angeles Unified School District has rightly been raising the bar for its public schools. Now it needs to do the same for its charter...

Tracking the gun-runners

Tracking the gun-runners

Violence along the U.S.-Mexico border continues to spiral upward, with all-too-frequent reports of bullet-ridden bodies turning up on street...

Same-sex weddings, now

Same-sex weddings, now

Although the federal courts expedited their handling of the lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, the issues are far from resolved. And now...

To change the L.A. City Council

To change the L.A. City Council

In approaching next month's city elections, we have considered our endorsements with certain concerns in mind: Los Angeles is in bad shape,...

Day of reckoning on pensions

Day of reckoning on pensions

The housing bubble and subsequent Wall Street collapse wreaked havoc on the nation's retirement savings, as many pension funds and 401(k)...

More...

Op-Ed

Our schools' sweet tooth

Our schools' sweet tooth

By Emily Ventura and Michael Goran

Soft drinks were banned in Los Angeles schools in 2004. But if you think that means kids are protected from too much sugar at school,...

Pay TV's full-court press

Pay TV's full-court press

By Will Richmond

If you live in the Los Angeles area and are not a sports fan, Time Warner Cable's new 20-year deal with the L.A. Lakers is going to hurt you...

Movie math

Movie math

By Michael Kinsley

If you want to understand why it's so hard for governments, both federal and state, to put their accounts in order, consider the recent...

Playing with fire

Playing with fire

By Jim Newton

In recent years, as the city of Los Angeles has spiraled into deeper and deeper financial trouble, leaders have argued that they are cutting...

The fighters vs. the fixers

The fighters vs. the fixers

By Jonah Goldberg

"Pawlenty's attacks get more pointed," announced a headline in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "He's betting sharper rhetoric will spring...

Not a carbon copy of the U.S.

Not a carbon copy of the U.S.

By Edward Glaeser

If per capita carbon emissions in China and India rose to car-happy U.S. levels, global emissions would increase by 127%, according to the...

Stormy seas off Somalia

Stormy seas off Somalia

By Peter Chalk

The killing of four Americans who were taken hostage aboard the yacht Quest off the coast of Oman serves as an ominous warning that pirate...

Hidden federal benefits

Hidden federal benefits

By Gregory Rodriguez

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what your country has done for you lately.

More...

Topics

Clean energy: House bill would jeopardize California projects and jobs

Technology: Another bite by Apple

Environment: Dirtying the Clean Air Act

Arab revolution: Rattling the palace windows in the Persian Gulf

Electoral politics: Behind the 'birther' blather

Gay rights: Uganda needs a lesson in gay rights

Wisconsin: A tipping point for labor in America

City of Bell: Down on Rizzo's farm

Media: AOL ♥ HuffPo. The loser? Journalism

2012 budget: Too deferential to Defense

Healthcare reform: Constitutional showdown

Israel: The real 'realism' on Israel